Edward S. Boyden;Eric C. Leuthardt;Lowell L. Wood, Jr.;Stephen L. Malaska;Roderick A. Hyde;Muriel Y. Ishikawa;Elizabeth A. Sweeney;Edward K. Y. Jung
发明人:
Edward S. Boyden,Roderick A. Hyde,Muriel Y. Ishikawa,Edward K. Y. Jung,Eric C. Leuthardt,Stephen L. Malaska,Elizabeth A. Sweeney,Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
申请号：
US13199566
公开号：
US09238133B2
申请日:
2011.09.01
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein for treatment of a disease, disorder, or condition in a vertebrate subject. A device is provided that includes one or more passive cooling elements configured to be applied to one or more tissues of a vertebrate subject to modulate at least one activity of brown adipose tissue of the vertebrate subject, wherein at least a portion of the one or more passive cooling elements is configured to be implantable, and wherein the one or more passive cooling elements includes a first portion configured to be in association with the one or more tissues to be cooled, and a second portion configured to be placed in association with one or more tissues adjacent to an external epidermal tissue of the vertebrate subject.
